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So why mention it if you can’t back it up?

The track is in superb condition these days,very little dirt but plenty of racing lines to try by the riders ,very enjoyable.

No you don't quite understand Speedway firstly it is about being entertained and hopefully the new customer coming back the next week.I am old but you are my age probably? ???? you are in cookoo land British speedway cannot afford to many W offinden/ etc riders end of.If we could great we cannot the days of the UK league being the best has long gone but it does not mean our leagues cannot provide entertainment.

Eastbourne laid on subsidised admission for the travelling Leicester fans last night. The Lions are doing likewise today.

Enjoyed the Sheffield match. Heats 13 and 15 spring to mind. Connor Bailey was the star for me last night. Beating Danny King in the 1st match and Ben Barker 3 times in the 2nd match. Enjoying watching this kid progress this year.

Just starting it has been boring now for as long as i care to remember. Anyway he knows nothing about our club on how it's operated which makes his snide comments even more ridiculous. But it is the norm on here now, there are plenty like him on here quick to spout there pi* h whenever the fancy takes them. Perhaps if his club was operated as the best it might still be here today , so for him to criticise about any club is laughable.

The way forward is to run to a budget and keep the costs down apart from Doyle,Iversen,Lambert, Fricke, our top two league's are pretty even.Speedway is about putting on a show and i have seen national league meeting's that are just as exciting as the Premiership.It is a MYTH about the top stars bringing in the crowds it doesn't for me Speedway is about a good night out and all levels can give you that.

It makes a change to go into the playoffs rated 3rd out of the 4 teams. I think the only way we can make the final is to finish top. If we meet Swindon or Wolves in the semi final our season is likely to end there. We can’t compete with Wolves strength at reserve. Both ride like heat leaders around Wimborne Road. They would probably win both legs.

Indeed you and and it was good of you to do so but there was no announcement from Berwick as there should've been IMO as there were several supporters at least thinking about going, you would think it was only common decency to announce Berwick were going there without a full team. Berwick's PR at times needs needs a huge improvement as does their official site.

Well said. Old bob sadly has an axe to grind with certain folk at Eastbourne and his bitter posts are a little sad but so predictable. Sounds like it was a good night of racing which when it comes to it, is all any sensible fan wants to see.

The racing has improved -- As has crowd numbers. Commercial Director has driven the community side and far more youngsters being taken to Arlington. Like the Daily Express , Speedways fanbase as a demographic is dying - so need to bring in younger fans Eagles are trying to do so. Most meetings have over 1000+ which is a start and seems as though with sponsors doing enough to return in 2020 .

Get over yourself, starting to get tiresome.

Great stuff, Bydgoszcz!

When we win at Poole tomorrow,,, that will throw the budgie amongst the dogs

I would never write Poole off.. Anything can happen yet, and probably will

We are simply debating opinions here but in mine I think if we splashed out on more top stars (especially when you consider their wage demands), you would get tracks closing at an even faster rate than now, it just wouldn't work, you either go with what you can afford or you go out of business, same on the high street where only the cheapo stores selling downmarket rubbish survive. Cardiff does well but it's a one off that has become a tradition for many but it isn't a patch on Belle Vue but even the international meetings there don't do brilliantly. Imagine Zmarzlik at Belle Vue (or any other track), you'd need an extra two to three thousand more just to pay his wages, you wouldn't get them, then look at the state of most stadiums and tracks, the majority need bulldozing and replacing.

I cant believe that Poole speedway has now come to the point where they would rather rake in money once then have a chance of doing it twice..... Poole pick Swindon in the semi finals....and lose........one home meeting with a bumper crowd Poole do what they should do and pick Ipswich............one home meeting and unless they choke then they will have a final home leg as well Are Poole fans that fickle that if they beat Ipswich that if its Wolves in the final that they wont go? Surely a bumper crowd in the final doesnt matter who the opposition is? If whoever finishes top doesnt pick Ipswich then the sport has died as a competition and sadly is only about making money Poole have won twice at Ipswich..Swindon won easily at ours once and battered us at their place..............why would either not pick Ipswich!

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

I can't see us winning even if Wells and THJ both replaced by guests, might be closer but Wolves have by miles the best reserves and both going frighteningly well at the moment and that is why they will win the title. That is why we need to come top.

As should any foreigner wanting to ride over here. If they are good enough to ride in another country the minimum should never be less than 4.

If they overturn the deficit then they deserve to be given the whole cup!

Which is Crazy! Look at the top british riders in speedway gb squad at the moment they all came from a nl team! Woffinden scunthorpe bewley belle vue lambert kings lynn cook Buxton Ellis IOW

Neither of them ride for a team owned by the chaiirman of the BSPA though, do they? That's the difference.

justice in speedway . depends on who you know, and more importantly who you are riding for at the time of any incident .

In general cubs/colts teams have virtually zero travelling support. From my frequent attendance at various NL tracks I would certainly place Kent as providing the largest (and friendliest) visiting contingent of away fans.

10500 at Czestochowa.

But he is riding, so you can stop your petty accusations. Just making yourself look stupid now.

Tense in Bydgoszcz !!! 54-24 after 13 heats Edit Bydgoszcz need 6 points from the last 2 heats 58-26 with 1 to go - Bydgoszcz need just 2 points !!!!!!

Funny enough Iris we were at Vojens last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it, well the speedway anyway, as far as Vojens just absolutely nothing to do, and to find somewhere decent to eat was impossible! total contrast to Gustrow

I have said before, that I have enjoyed a meeting at Vojens and later read comments on here and it seemed people st home were watching a different meeting, so I can understand

10500 at Rybnik

I wasn’t able to see the Wroclaw v Leszno match on Friday night, so can’t comment on the track conditions or the quality of the racing, but these reports are hardly glowing. I was at the 55-35 match three weeks ago, though, and saw some excellent racing. Looking at the individual riders score charts between the two matches, however, it would seem any changes to the usual track preparation didn’t make that much difference to the Wroclaw riders' scoring ability. There was, though, some notable differences in the Leszno team. For Wroclaw, there was really only Gleb Chugunov that had a notable difference, increasing his score from 1 point to 6 points. The others didn’t fare that much differently: Woffy 9 and 5+2; Max Fricke 6+1 and 8+1; Magic Janowski 5+2 and 7+1; Premyslaw Liszka 0 and 1+1 and Maksym Drabik 12 and 13. But the difference in some of the Leszno riders’ scores was far more dramatic, and the track conditions on Friday obviously affected these four very differently:- Emil Sayfutdinov UP from 7+1 to 13+1 Dominic Kubera UP from 3+1 to 8+1 Brady Kurtz DOWN from 11+1 to ZERO Bartosz Smektala DOWN from 11+1 (paid maximum) to 2+1 And, no matter how different it was, Janusz Kolodziej spiced up his 13 in August to a 15 points maximum. So, IF there was any intentional track ‘doctoring’ going on to flummox the Leszno team, it was far from an overall success – yes the 20-points winning margin last time was reduced to 4 this time around but, of course, Leszno themselves only scored 8 less points. It is just a huge shame if paying spectators were denied watching the usual high-quality racing and the Final not produce the excitement it was capable of doing.

Don't really matter who is supposed favourites or whatever,, it matters what happens on the race nights, and no one knows who will crash or break down or get dodgy ref decisions go their way or not. I also think Ipswich could do Poole over 2 legs

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Excellent meeting last night with good racing. Nicholls rolled back the years but should of come as no surprise as he passed Lawson in exactly the same place earlier in season - then did it to Kennett a couple of heats later. Great races by fomer British Champion. Eagles just can't cover the loss of Wood at Arlington and you need a dominant reserve . Ht2 was a decent race as was the Newman vs Perks battle. Newman has been superb the last couple of weeks and be good to see him back next season with Kerr + Lawson but that will all depend on averages and one or two leagues.

If you can't afford caviar you get scraps at the chip oyle.

Agree totally some of the racing last night was absolutely supberb, mostly when we missed the gate we were attacking from all angles.

The thirty pound iniative deal for the Belle Vue trip was a great success and like you i certainly would not of gone without it.If every club could do that it could help club's get an extra 30/50 punters in that normally would not of gone.The speedway this year at the Abbey i have enjoyed very much and if they can get the league up to 12 teams next year could be even better.Every week i go and see that Lee Kilby is pushing for the youngsters to have a great time and hopefully some of these young uns will be the future supporters of the Robins.

Money or lack of it due to less sponsors (for a variety of reasons)is the main cause. We didn't get THJ until he'd already committed to Berwick even though he's a Poole asset.

I think we will do ok! It’s going to be tough, Swindon & Wolves are coming into great form at the right time, but if we all click on the night anything is possible. This year has been interesting, with Matt’s interests elsewhere and Danny’s maiden year I think he has taken his eye off the ball when it comes to riders available. I know for a fact that our riders have approached Matt with recommendations for possible replacements for Ritchie. Some we’re blocked because of Poland and others not considered. Wells isn’t a rider Poole would normally go for, money comes into play I know but don’t think THJ comes cheap even though he was riding at Berwick too!! For me he was a risk and at present a risk that isn’t paying off, he simply isn’t the rider he was. I think we have been spoilt over the years with riders, and when the eye is taken off the prize at times it shows up much more!

A decent meeting at Eastie tonight watched by a big crowd. The highlight for me was two brilliant rides from Scott Nicholls to pass Lawson and Schlein. There's still life in the old boy!.

Only Poole might get him on a 2

I have absolutely no idea. No idea on averages or rules with a CL guest. Someone from BV? Lidsey or Etheridge around that average? It won't matter anyway as Ipswich will win over 2 legs in the semi. Serjeant is too strong for THJ.

In all the times i have watched her on screen i have yet to concentrate on her nails

Fair play to them. I like Brum as a track, i've been six times from London this season.

Some comments made by (I think) Dale Allitt in the SS last week were worth reading a few times. I came to the conclusion from his words that at Wolverhampton, Cook was taken out of the match by Paramedics because he was experiencing some kind of mental meltdown, which Allitt found distressing to witness. If that was actually what happened, then shouldn't Craig Cook have been automatically barred from riding for a set time period, both for his own well being, and the safety of other riders?

Wonder if we should see if they'll do a collection at Eastbourne on Saturday to help pay his fine....

Agreed. And Scotty is great too as he's grown into doing studio comms with Nat, not sure they would get a 3rd in the studio but another rider would be interesting.....

£10 a match for British speedway !!!! ridiculous price- i pay under £1 a match to watch every Swedish elite league match.

I really do hope that the BSPA see sense and do not allow Eurosport to get the British Speedway broadcast rights as it will be a budget production gone will be your UHD coverage with multiple camera angles they will look at doing a more remote production with around 4 cameras and commentary done from London to save costs. As much as it pains me to say it but BT sport have done a good job in broadcasting Speedway since taking over with new innovation and fresh sense of broadcasting